PEACE! March, Rally and Peace Fair
Washington Buddhist Peace fellowship
http://www.wbpf.org/
Saturday, September 23-26
March, Rally and Peace Fair
Washington, DC
Gathering and Sitting Meditation 11:00AM corner of Constitution and 15th St, NW (Smithsonian or Federal Triangle Metro)
A majority of Americans believe that the Iraq War never should have happened, yet our elected representatives in Washington continue to fund disastrous Iraq policies. They have given military recruiters nearly unrestricted access to our schools -- and the Pentagon nearly unrestricted access to our tax dollars. Our vital social programs are eroding or being decimated. This is not the vision we and the world share for this new millennium of human life.
Let us come together to manifest a different vision of being. Join our contingent of peacemakers, inspired by the way of peace taught by Thich Nhat Hanh, H.H. the Dalai Lama, and so many other teachers. We will sit, stand, listen and walk together in the streets of Washington D.C. with thousands of people organized by United for Peace and Justice in Washington, D.C. for four days of Right Action for peace and to stop the war:
September 23, 7 p.m. Candlelight vigil and meditation, St Stephen and the Incarnation, 1525 Newton St., NW (at 16th St.--closest metro: Columbia Heights), sponsored by the Washington Buddhist Peace Fellowship
September 24, 11 a.m. Gather at Constitution and 15th St, NW for sitting meditation, then walking together with thousands from all over the world
September 25, Interfaith religious service, www.unitedforpeace.org
September 26, Grassroots lobbying day and civil disobedience.
http://www.wbpf.org/
Saturday, September 23-26
March, Rally and Peace Fair
Washington, DC
Gathering and Sitting Meditation 11:00AM corner of Constitution and 15th St, NW (Smithsonian or Federal Triangle Metro)
A majority of Americans believe that the Iraq War never should have happened, yet our elected representatives in Washington continue to fund disastrous Iraq policies. They have given military recruiters nearly unrestricted access to our schools -- and the Pentagon nearly unrestricted access to our tax dollars. Our vital social programs are eroding or being decimated. This is not the vision we and the world share for this new millennium of human life.
Let us come together to manifest a different vision of being. Join our contingent of peacemakers, inspired by the way of peace taught by Thich Nhat Hanh, H.H. the Dalai Lama, and so many other teachers. We will sit, stand, listen and walk together in the streets of Washington D.C. with thousands of people organized by United for Peace and Justice in Washington, D.C. for four days of Right Action for peace and to stop the war:
September 23, 7 p.m. Candlelight vigil and meditation, St Stephen and the Incarnation, 1525 Newton St., NW (at 16th St.--closest metro: Columbia Heights), sponsored by the Washington Buddhist Peace Fellowship
September 24, 11 a.m. Gather at Constitution and 15th St, NW for sitting meditation, then walking together with thousands from all over the world
September 25, Interfaith religious service, www.unitedforpeace.org
September 26, Grassroots lobbying day and civil disobedience.
posted by Gry at 4:40 PM
2 Comments:
Very nice of you to take the time to write about the things you are passionate about. I very much respect your opinion.
The Sad News:
Your view on the war is highly inaccurate. If your thoughts on the "majority" of Americans not supportive of the war, why was Bush re-elected??
After watching much of what has been going on I have realized that people like yourself are clueless in your little world to believe that Peace breeds peace. Unfortunately, war breeds peace. You cannot peacefully disarm a hostile nation.
Your insane belief that backing down from the things happening in the middle-east is nothing less than a plea for more problems. Do you not realize that this is truly a holy war for the people in the middle-east?? Who bombed the World Trade Center? Why? Because of the radical Muslims that think they will be surrounded by virgins. How assenine is that??
I won't ramble any longer. I am sure that you already know what kind of person I am, but having served in the military I am proud to say that our country is fighting for the freedom of all Americans. If we back down, one day America we will not have the single most important thing, which is Freedom!
Hi Anonymous,
Thanks for reading my blog, and for commenting. I appreciate it.
Gry
Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. _Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that. _-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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